1.Stay At Home
If I see you, and you know
This has gone too far
Cause our romance, can only live behind
All the walls there are
And we never can meet
Oh we never can greet
We never can say hello
Cause our bones are too weak
To be sold on the street
To survive we must stay at home
And I'll think of you, every other day
Just to throw them off
And I'll know you, by the color of your walls
In the beauty sky
Cause out there, every little bird
Is shivering and cold, by this frightful air
And out there every little spark, quickly fading dark
From the strangers tail
And we never can meet
Oh we never can greet
We never can say hello
Cause our bones are too weak
To be sold on the street
To survive we must stay at home
Inside, inside
Inside, Inside
Its where I will hide
Its where I will hide
Its where I will hide
From you
2.I Want Yr Love
I want your love
I don't know if we're still friends
I don't know if you're happy
But I will love you 'til the end
'Cause I'll still want you badly
I want your love
All that I take for granted
is always right beside me
And all the things I most want
are miles away and happy
'Cause you won't know me if you try
'cause I'll make you a stranger
And that is how I'll get by
It's my idea of danger
I want your love
I never said this to you
When we were close together
If I could take one thing back
I would have known you sooner
I know you live so far away
But that's where all my dreams are
If I could take one thing back
I would have met you sooner
I want your love
3.The Shakedown
Sadie, can you break me?
'Cause I'm calm now, but I could come around
and I'll make you, if I see you
in the Shakedown
Sadie, bring your arms to me
'Cause I can't be still until I've had my fill
And these people, they are so cold
and their stories, they get so old
in the Shakedown
But every now and then I see
that no one is in front of me, no
The people like to laugh and stare
but I can live if there is someone there
Sadie, can you save me?
'Cause I've made up my mind not to ask you twice
and these people, they are so cold
and their stories, they get so old
in the Shakedown
4.Wear Suits
I'm coming home and I don't know why
I'm coming home and I don't know why
It's three a.m. and I finished the lie
It's three a.m. and I finished the lie
I read about places I'll never see
I sing about things that I'll never be
I'm coming home and I don't know why
I'm coming home and I don't know why
I've got the same people at my door
I've got the same way of waiting for more
Though I can run, I can never escape
all of the things that will keep me the same
I'm writing stories that I'll never live
I'm making presents that I'll never give
I'm coming home and I don't know why
I'm coming home and
Wear suits and talk about the futures of all your children
Sing of serious things that kill you
Wear suits and bring your love a flower
Don't come home for hours
Smile when asked about it
I'm coming home and I don't know why
I'm coming home and I don't know why
It's three a.m. and I finished the lie
It's three a.m. and I finished
Wear suits and talk about the futures of all your children
Sing of serious things that kill you
Wear suits and bring your love a flower
Don't come home for hours
Smile when asked about it
rom you
5.Up In The Mountains
To get to my home
To get to my home, make known
all of the things you'd rather not say
To get to my home
To get to my home, breathe low
The balance, it is hard to maintain
I understand it all
it never was so clear, but I see
the answer staring right back at me
I know it, I swear
I know it, I swear, come near
You tell me yours, I'll tell you mine then
I can see it all now
Up in the mountains I will be found
There will be ponds and horses to ride
and I will be free
I could leave this behind
all of the people making me sigh
I'll be gone
Maybe you'll be there too, it's up to you
To get to my home
To get to my home, be alone
You cannot trust what you cannot control
You leave it all behind
You leave it all behind for me
I am so grateful, you'll be so relieved
I can see it all now
Up in the mountains I will be found
There will be ponds and horses to ride
and I will be free
I could leave this behind
all of the people making me sigh
I'll be gone
Maybe you'll be there too, it's up to you
6.When All Is Dead
When the bridges all fall down
and you think your words are dead sound
I will wait for you
That's all I will do
When the bears and tigers are chasing
all the streetcar vendors erasing
The fashion stops
The curtain drops
When your boyfriend leaves for the outside
but he's cold the minute the horns cry
I will see you then
when we've reached the end
A mass of black to pierce through
a chance to focus on you
The hunt of one
The journey's done
When all is dead and I am
the only one with legs to stand
Will it be right when we're at the end?
And to Adam, Eve was the only
'Cause nobody wants to be lonely
So they settled down
and she came around
So if they could do it, it's easy
If you have no choice but to love me
Will you settle down?
Will you come around?
When all is dead and I am
the only one with legs to stand
Will it be right when we're at the end?
7.Elephant King
I am the elephant king, the one and only
I am the blood of the lamb, I am the holy
I am the teller of tales, I am a story
I am and the elephant king but I am lonely.
I am the prophet's confession on his deathbed
I am the soil of the earth, I am the purebred
I am the listener hearing all that's unsaid
I am the magazines hiding under your bed
And you can't take my kingdom away from me.
I am the elephant king, the one and only
I am the voice of the song, I am the lowly
I am the chosen protector of the dreary
I am the elephant king but I am lonely
So take my jewels and gems, take all that shines bright
Take all the signs of my power away from my sight
I will go to a land of constant daylight
I will talk to myself 'til I am alright
But take good care, I'll be back sooner than you think
'Cause you can't take my kingdom away from me
8.Daughter
I won't let you bring me down
Said the man with his grin
I'm in this war with an army,
and we're not letting you win
We'll make it complicated for you
I've read all that you have written
I know they say you're a star
But I've heard stories from your daughter
In the back of your car
We'll make it complicated for you
We can make a deal, I know it
Well I've got things that you want
And you've got what I need
So why don't we be men, pretend we're friends, and then move on
(We can make a deal, I know it)
9.Marathon Runner
When I was a boy of seventeen
I know it's mean but I
I told my friend to give up on her dreams
She hated me but I
I knew the dreams were for the best of us and for the rest of us
And I
I didn't wanna share with anyone
I need a way to see my greatest dance and make them laugh
I could win the wars or lose the battles, too
Whichever's true
I can another people's live
I can't stop putting on other peoples' clothes
I love until I leave
I am a marathon runner
And my legs are sore
And I'm anxious to see what I'm running for
I am a hot air ballon
On a sailboat
I wouldn't make this my home if I'd learned to float
So take my trash
Just take my earthly life
I'll try to cry
I will live without the things I love the best
So hold them to your chest
I lose my face
Just lose my stolen wigs
The heads of kings
I run until I know what to believe
I am a marathon runner
And my legs are sore
And I'm anxious to see what I'm running for
I am a hot air ballon
On a sailboat
I wouldn't make this my home if I learned to float
I am a marathon runner
And my legs are sore
And I'm anxious to see what I'm running for
I am a hot air ballon
On a sailboat
I wouldn't make this my home if I learned to float
10.I Got No Time For You
I got no time for you
When you were seventeen, I was nothing but a thought
because you were then in '53, there's nothing yet of me
When you were taking your first steps
my grandfather took his test to get into the second grade
a million miles away
So I got no time for you
I saw the pictures of the day when you grew up and moved away
Your mother, she looked proud of you
It's all that she could do
I saw the photos when you cried, I saw the photos
when you died
I saw the start, I saw it all
I know you better than yourself
But if I was alive when you were alive
Things would be better
So I got not time for you
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